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Maryland Efforts to Increase Railroad Tunnel Heights

Investing in Rail Efficiency
States and State Governments, Private Entities
CSX railroad and Maryland have sought federal funding to increase the height of a tunnel that has been an impediment to double-stacking. It is believed that the new tunnel would alleviate rail congestion that ripple across the East coast.

California Emissions Regulation for Intrastate Locomotives

Setting Emissions Standards for Locomotives
States and State Governments
While California cannot regulate interstate locomotives, it has promulgated an emission standard regulation of wholly intrastate locomotives at Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, 2299.

Clean Air Act § 213

Setting Emissions Standards for Locomotives
Congress, Individual Agencies
Allowing EPA to set emissions standards for new locomotives, including subsection (a)(5) exempting locomotives from the endangerment finding process required to set emissions standards for other nonroad vehicles.

Texas A&M Study on Heavy Duty Vehicle Emissions Measurement

Inspection and Maintenance Requirements for HDVs
Private Entities
In 2012, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a pilot study assessing the applicability of the On-Road Heavy-Duty Emissions Measurement System (OHMS) to a potential heavy-duty diesel I/M program in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.

EPA’s SmartWay program

Technological Development and Information Sharing
Individual Agencies, Private Entities
A partnership between the Agency, shippers, freight carriers, and freight logistics companies to benchmark and track CO2 emissions and disseminate information on fuel-saving technologies.